{"id":190411,"date":"2026-02-21T09:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/?p=190411"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:03:37","slug":"did-you-know-gaudi-his-own-tour-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/did-you-know-gaudi-his-own-tour-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know? Gaud\u00ed, his own tour guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ferran Garc\u00e9s<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190370\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudia-guia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, February 21, International Tourist Guide Day is celebrated. The date commemorates the founding of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) in 1985, and its aim is to recognize the essential work of these professionals in the promotion, dissemination, and preservation of cultural and natural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Today is therefore a good opportunity to talk about a little-known facet of Antoni Gaud\u00ed: that of the architect explaining his own work. A facet, however, that we can only document toward the end of his life, when he began to be the subject of various photographs due to his growing popularity. Photographs and drawings, such as the one in the header image, show the architect commenting on the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia to two of his best friends: Count G\u00fcell and Bishop Josep Torras i Bages. The author is Ricard Opisso, the future illustrator of <em>TBO<\/em> and other publications who, between 1892 and 1904\/1906, worked as the architect\u2019s assistant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before 1904.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People tend to forget the early Gaud\u00ed, or at least the period when he was not yet a renowned architect. From this stage, little more than a couple of photographs have been preserved, and at the time they held no interest for anyone. For example, one is the photograph of his graduation and the other his pass for the Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888 (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/did-you-know-what-gaudi-portrait-by-portrait-from-26-to-52-years-old\/\">portraits of Gaud\u00ed, from ages 26 to 52<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Gaud\u00ed of that period passed through history in a discreet manner. Only later studies have made it possible to reconstruct his trail. As the architect refused interviews and photographs, little was known about him as a person. He did not join any political party either, and in the associations in which he participated his presence was always discreet. Even so, he had many friends, among his own clients and collaborators as well as among the artistic elite of the time, such as the poet Jacint Verdaguer or the musician Llu\u00eds Millet. He was neither a hermit nor a loner; he simply did not wish to be the center of attention. However, toward the end of his life, once he was established, he could not avoid the growing interest in his most emblematic work, the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia. At that point, various prominent figures visited him, and given their social importance, the number of photographers around him increased (see:<a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/did-you-know-what-gaudi-portrait-by-portrait-from-52-to-almost-74-years\/\"> portraits of Gaud\u00ed, from ages 52 to 73<\/a>). As a result, most photographs of the architect date from this final period. One detail is repeated in them: Gaud\u00ed is explaining his work, surrounded by people. Without intending to, he became the first guide of himself, although the earliest experiences were not exactly what one would expect from a guided tour today\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>First visits: 1904\u20131906.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, the first step in arranging a guided tour is choosing the language. With Gaud\u00ed, however, this was not possible. He always conducted them in Catalan, even before King Alfonso XIII at the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia when he visited it in 1904. At that time, the temple was little more than the crypt. Even so, it seems the monarch felt satisfied, or at least appeared to be. No photograph of that moment has been preserved. Gaud\u00ed was not yet sufficiently popular.<\/p>\n<p>The next visit went worse, even though the visitor had made the effort to learn Catalan before coming. Invited by the Catalan poet Joan Maragall, the Basque writer Miguel de Unamuno visited the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia in 1906. Different versions of the \u201ctour\u201d have been given, and almost all agree that the visit was more a misunderstanding than anything else. It went badly from the start. Unamuno arrived late and, after a half-hour wait, the architect returned to his workshop. The tour was short. According to legend, Unamuno said, \u201cI don\u2019t like it! I don\u2019t like it!\u201d, and a few steps behind him, Gaud\u00ed repeated, \u201cI don\u2019t like it! I don\u2019t like it!\u201d (1).<\/p>\n<p>The day ended in a strange way. The writer made little paper birds and the architect, upon hearing the Angelus bells, abruptly ended the visit and began to pray. We also have no photograph of this early visit. However, there is a drawing by the aforementioned Ricard Opisso. The fourth person in the image is Josep Pijoan i Sotres, poet, historian, and art essayist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190374\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-guia-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-guia-2.jpg 317w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-guia-2-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final years: 1910\u20131926<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first \u201cofficial\u201d photograph of Gaud\u00ed was published four years after the meeting with Unamuno, on the occasion of the architect\u2019s first exhibition in Paris. At the end of that same year, he was also photographed for the first time as a \u201cguide.\u201d In it, he is showing the Col\u00f2nia G\u00fcell to Count G\u00fcell himself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190378\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Antoni_Gaudi_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Antoni_Gaudi_3.jpg 403w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Antoni_Gaudi_3-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190382\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-4.jpg 568w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-4-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From this same year we also have another photograph: Gaud\u00ed in the middle of a group of architecture students. They were not the only ones; many other groups of different specialties visited him (2). The photograph, incidentally, is also by Opisso, who moreover added \u2014true to his sense of humor\u2014 a curious note: \u201cGaud\u00ed talking with the students of the School of Architecture. Note the immaculate whiteness of his pressed collar,\u201d and indeed, at that time, contrary to today\u2019s stereotype, Gaud\u00ed dressed with elegance and distinction (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/?p=66823\">the dandy period<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190386\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-5.jpg 586w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-5-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From then on, gradually, photographs of the architect became more and more numerous. These are the images that helped shape the myth of the genius: an elderly man with a white beard with the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia in the background. The association with the temple was reinforced because, between 1911 and 1914, Gaud\u00ed abandoned all other projects to devote himself exclusively to the \u201ccathedral of the poor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This also generated the false idea that the temple was his last work, but in reality, it was one of his first commissions, in 1883, when he was still a lesser-known young promise. However, three decades later, the architect had become, as we would say today, a true celebrity. In the following photographs from 1911, we see him receiving a delegation of Argentine sailors and Infanta Mar\u00eda de la Paz of Bourbon, daughter of Queen Isabella II. These visits were very important for the project. Every show of support was vital to carry it forward. Gaud\u00ed took great care in giving a good tour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190390\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-6.png 674w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-6-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-6-600x383.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-190394\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-7-1024x702.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-7-1024x702.png 1024w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-7-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-7-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-7-600x411.png 600w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-7.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>Another example. Here we see him in the company of the president of the Provincial Council of Barcelona, Prat de la Riba, and the city\u2019s bishop, Enric Reig i Casanova, in 1914.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190398\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190398\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190398\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gaudi_Reig-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gaudi_Reig-8.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gaudi_Reig-8-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gaudi_Reig-8-600x929.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaud\u00ed showing the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia to the Bishop of Barcelona, Enrique Reig Casanova, and to the President of the Commonwealth of Catalonia, Enric Prat de la Riba, November 30, 1914. Source: Wikipedia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Let\u2019s continue! Now Gaud\u00ed shows the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia to the Apostolic Nuncio from Rome, Cardinal Francesc Ragonesi, in 1915. On that occasion, the cardinal described Gaud\u00ed with a phrase that became famous: \u201cthe Dante of Architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190402\" style=\"width: 1018px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190402\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190402\" src=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-9.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-9-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-9-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-9-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gaudi-9-600x396.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visit of Nuncio Ragonesi to the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia. Author: Josep Brangul\u00ed, 1915. Source: Wikipedia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Having already become, as we can see, a place of pilgrimage during Gaud\u00ed\u2019s lifetime, the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia\u2019s last visitors were a group of architects, then still very young, who, after the master\u2019s death, would write his first biographies: Josep Francesc R\u00e0fols, C\u00e8sar Martinell i Brunet, and Isidre Puig i Boada. They were the last to enjoy the best tour guide Gaud\u00ed ever had: himself!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinabi.go.cr\/biblioteca%20digital\/revistas\/cultura\/cultura%201930\/Cultura_1930_Ano%20II_29_1%20mayo.pdf\"><em>La Veu de Catalunya<\/em><\/a>, 27\/05\/1919, p. 11; <em>Cultura<\/em>, 1\/05\/1930, pp. 6 and 10<\/p>\n<p>Bastons and Vivanco, C. (1966), \u201cUnamuno y los modernistas catalanes\u201d, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. <em>Cuadernos<\/em>, vol. 31, pp. 5\u201312<\/p>\n<p>(2) Puig, Armand (2024), <em>Antoni Gaud\u00ed, vida y obra<\/em>, Arpa, Barcelona, notes 22 and 29, p. 373. \u201cIt is instructive to see how Gaud\u00ed trained them according to each group\u2019s own specialty\u201d: commerce, engineering, Fine Arts, architecture, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ferran Garc\u00e9s Today, February 21, International Tourist Guide Day is celebrated. The date commemorates the founding of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) in 1985, and its aim is to recognize the essential work of these professionals in the promotion, dissemination, and preservation of cultural and natural heritage. 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